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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name for someone from Tengen or Hohentengen in Baden-Württemberg, or from Tiengen or Teningen, also in Baden-Württemberg, which were earlier called Dengen and Tengen respectively.
  • German : dialect variant of Dienger, a habitational name for someone from Oberding or Unterding in Bavaria.

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